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Chevrolet Equinox EV to start around $35,000

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New EV with 319 miles range
qualifies for $7,500 tax credit

(May 16, 2024) DETROIT —  Chevrolet’s all-electric Equinox EV is tailored to help customers make a seamless, confident and uncompromising transition to an EV. Equinox EV rounds out an electric Chevy portfolio that covers major segments, including full-size trucks, midsize SUVs and compact SUVs. The Equinox EV boasts an EPA-estimated range of 319 miles on FWD models. 

First Drive

2024 Subaru’s BRZ tS

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HERNDON, Va. — To paraphrase singer Deniece Williams (briefly) and the Footloose soundtrack, LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS! Regardless of the auto industry’s recent efforts at gender diversity (and there are many), a tightly drawn 2+2 with a horizontally opposed four and manual trans could only have been executed by a small, brief outpouring of testosterone.

2025 Subaru Forester

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MISSOULA, MT. — Have you ever been to Montana?  As I found for my first visit recently, it’s a big place — the kind of wide open, horizon-to-horizon, nestling mountains, and wide-open Interstates kind of place where you just want to drive, drive, and drive.  Turns out, it was the perfect place to meet the redesigned 2025 Subaru Forester.

2024 Land Rover Defender 110

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PHOENIX — It's been four years since Land Rover brought the all-new Defender to the US shores in the spring of 2020 and its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Now four years into its current life cycle the rugged leading man handsome styling has held up more than well with its reinterpretation of the  original Defender dating all the way back to when Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from which Land Rover originates.ates.

Vehicle of the Week

2024 Hyundai Palisade — An excellent family hauler

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By Jim Meachen
Editor, MotorayAmerica.com

(May 12, 2024) If you are looking for a three-row SUV to meet the needs of your family perhaps the Hyundai Palisade should reside at or very near the top of your shopping list. Hyundai's mid-sized three-row crossover, which was introduced for the 2020 model year, offers a near-perfect blend of utility, value, performance and luxury at a good price and with an extraordinarily long warranty.

Here's the Thing

Hagerty Drivers Club announces ‘Road of the Year’

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California State Route 33
shines and winds above the rest

(May 16, 2024) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Hagerty has announced California State Route 33 as its inaugural "Road of the Year." With more than 4 million miles of road in the United States, the ‘Road of the Year’ celebrates the unique emotional experiences created by driving, taking into consideration location, drivability, condition, scenery and more.

2024 Lexus LC 500h — Grand tourer cruising with looks to kill styling

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By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(May 15, 2024) There is something to be said about the indulgent novelty of a genuinely exceptional performance coupe especially when it happens to be a Lexus LC hybrid. A performance hybrid? Is that even a thing?

Nearly 44 million travelers leaving town for unofficial start of summer

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AAA says projected 2024 travel
will rival record year of 2005

(May 14, 2024) WASHINGTON, DC — AAA projects 43.8 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Memorial Day holiday travel period. This year’s total number of travelers is a 4% increase over last year and comes close to matching 2005’s record of 44 million Memorial Day travelers.

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Inside the Industry

Genesis broadens retail network with 26 new standalone facilities

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EV availability expanded
to 37 states across country

(May 16, 2024) FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Genesis Motor America has announced the opening of 26 new standalone facilities across the United States, counting 35 dedicated retail facilities nationwide. Genesis EVs are also now available in 37 states with the expansion of electric vehicle sales to select retailers in Alabama, Kansas, Oregon, and Rhode Island.

Alfa Romeo announces final run of Quadrifoglio for the U.S.

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(May 16, 2024) Alfa Romeo reveals the new 2024 Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio Super Sport limited special series, a final, commemorative chapter for the twin-turbo V-6 Quadrifoglio models in the United States.  Copies are limited globally to 275 units for Giulia and 175 for Stelvio — and in the U.S. to just 72 units for Giulia and 52 for Stelvio.

Ford advances training, sustainability and community engagement

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Blue Oval City in Tennessee
advances with carbon neutrality
    
(May 15, 2024) STANTON, Tenn. — Ford’s BlueOval City campus in Stanton, Tenn., is taking shape as robotic training cells, conveyors, paint spray booths and stamping press lines are installed at the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center assembly plant.  As the work in the plant progresses, Ford is prioritizing education, environmental protection and local engagement to help ensure West Tennessee residents benefit from the growth BlueOval City will bring.

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Abandoned Car of the Week

A used-up Plymouth wagon

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In 1949, Plymouth changed the U.S. station wagon market by introducing the industry's second all-steel body station wagon, the Suburban. From 1950, it came in two-door and four-door configurations with two wheelbases, 111-inch and 118.5-inch. The model was powered by a 97-horsepower six-cylinder engine. This abandoned circa 1950-1952 wagon was discovered in Arizona. (Photo by Jim Prueter)